Our Leadership

About Our Staff | Staff

Walter E. (Ed) Johnson
Interim President and CEO
president@ccahelps.org

Ed Johnson, 68, is married to Anita M. Johnson. They attend St. Ann's Catholic Church in Coppell, TX. Ed and Anita have 6 children (3 attended Franciscan), and 16 grandchildren. Ed attended 8 years of parochial school and 4 years of public high school. He is currently serving as President & CEO of Christian Community Action, a large non-profit ministry serving the poor in North Texas.

Businsses Founded
UniPro Restaurants, sold 1970
Grandy's Restaurants, sold 1983
Modular Fashions, sold 1988
PaPa John's Pizza, North Texas, sold 1998

Businss Boards
Stinu, Inc. Women's Clothing
D.F.R. Restaurants
3 Pillar Global
Wynn Crosby Oil & Gas

Organizations/Ministries
International Linguists, Inc.
Renewal Ministries
Voice of Hope Ministries
Christian Community Action Board
Liberty Christian School Board
KCBI Christian Radio Board
North Texas University Restaurant &amnp; Hospitality Board
Montserrat Retreat House Board
Franciscan University at Steubenville

Jennifer Leney
Chief Operating Officer
coo@ccahelps.org
972-219-4349

Jennifer Leney joined Christian Community Action as vice president of finance and administration in February 2002. In July 2008, she was promoted to COO and currently holds that position. Prior to CCA, Jennifer spent five years at Verizon Wireless. During her tenure at Verizon, she received four promotions, the last being to associate director of finance where she built, organized and oversaw the Treasury department. Jennifer graduated with honors from Texas Tech University where she received her BBA and MBA in finance in a total of four years. Jennifer began her career as a loan officer for the SBA Disaster Assistance Division. She was promoted in less than two months to supervisory loan officer after six consecutive weeks of being the top producing loan officer. Currently Jennifer serves as the vice chair for Leadership Lewisville, a program sponsored by the Lewisville Chamber of Commerce. She is also spearheading the new Alumni Association for Leadership Lewisville. Jennifer lives in Corinth with her husband and daughter. 

Tammy Wallace
Chief Financial Officer
cfo@ccahelps.org
972-219-4320
Tammy Wallace serves as CFO for Christian Community Action. She brings more than 10 years of experience in business analysis/strategic planning and finance. Prior to CCA, Tammy spent three years as operations analyst for Buffet Partners of Plano, Texas and fifteen years with Brinker International of Dallas/Maggiano’s Little Italy, where she served as vice president of strategy and finance the last three years. Tammy has a Bachelor of Science in finance and management from the University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN. Besides being an active volunteer in her community, she also an active volunteer in her church, where she has served in committee roles since 1996, and currently serves as chairman of the finance committee. Tammy resides in Frisco with her two sons.